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Massive solar flare barreling toward Earth this HalloweenByBrandon Specktor 29 October 2021The category G3 storm will hit Earth on COt. 30 and 31, potentially causing satellite navigation problems and driving auroras as far south as Washington state.
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Number of kids diagnosed with lead poisoning could double with new CDC standardByNicoletta Lanese 29 October 2021Experts say that the change in criteria was overdue.
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Ultrahot, ultrafast explosion called "the Camel" has astronomers puzzledByBrandon Specktor 29 October 2021An ultrabright, ultrafast explosion called the Camel lit up the sky for a month in 2020. Astronomers think it might have been the birth of a black hole or neutron star.
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Critically endangered condor chicks are species" 1st known "virgin births" ByMindy Weisberger 29 October 2021Genetic analysis recently showed that California condors can reproduce asexually.
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Best air purifiers: The top-rated cleaners for improving the air quality in your homeByMolly Cleary 29 October 2021BUYING GUIDEThe best air purifiers will help you breathe cleaner air in your home.
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Are these ancient ruins in Honduras the legendary "White City"?ByMindy Weisberger 29 October 2021Filmmakers documented the expedition to a remote part of the Honduran rainforest in La Mosquitia.
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"Tongue-eating" lice invade fish"s mouth in this year"s creepiest Halloween photoWorst "trick or treat" ever
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Does this "Godzilla" nebula really look like a space lizard?What do you see in the photo?
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What is a singularity?There are places in the universe where our laws of physics simply break down.
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Girthy "penis plant" blooms for the first time, sparking excitement at Dutch gardenByNicoletta Lanese 28 October 2021It"s the size of a human and smells of rotting flesh.
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Talking dinosaur invades UN to give climate change speech in bizarre, yet brilliant, new videoByHarry Baker 27 October 2021The UN Development Programme has released a new video addressing climate change and fossil fuel subsidies starring a CGI talking dinosaur.
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Bronze Age Tarim mummies aren"t who scientists thought they were
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Talking dinosaur invades UN to give climate change speech in bizarre, yet brilliant, new video
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Talking dinosaur invades UN to give climate change speech in bizarre, yet brilliant, new video
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Bronze Age Tarim mummies aren"t who scientists thought they were
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Ötzi the Iceman: The famous frozen mummy
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Massive solar flare barreling toward Earth this HalloweenByBrandon Specktor 29 October 2021The category G3 storm will hit Earth on COt. 30 and 31, potentially causing satellite navigation problems and driving auroras as far south as Washington state.
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Ultrahot, ultrafast explosion called "the Camel" has astronomers puzzledByBrandon Specktor 29 October 2021An ultrabright, ultrafast explosion called the Camel lit up the sky for a month in 2020. Astronomers think it might have been the birth of a black hole or neutron star.
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Are these ancient ruins in Honduras the legendary "White City"?ByMindy Weisberger 29 October 2021Filmmakers documented the expedition to a remote part of the Honduran rainforest in La Mosquitia.
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Newly named human species may be the direct ancestor of modern humansByCharles Q. Choi 28 October 2021Homo bodoensis is named after a 600,000-year-old skull found in Bodo D"ar, Ethiopia, in 1976.
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Number of kids diagnosed with lead poisoning could double with new CDC standardByNicoletta Lanese 29 October 2021Experts say that the change in criteria was overdue.
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Best air purifiers: The top-rated cleaners for improving the air quality in your homeByMolly Cleary 29 October 2021BUYING GUIDEThe best air purifiers will help you breathe cleaner air in your home.
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Critically endangered condor chicks are species" 1st known "virgin births" ByMindy Weisberger 29 October 2021Genetic analysis recently showed that California condors can reproduce asexually.
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Great white sharks can"t see a difference between humans and preyByPatrick Pester 27 October 2021Great white sharks can"t see the difference between humans swimming, humans paddling on surfboards and seals, which may lead to mistaken identity when they are juveniles.
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Parasitic birds "exercise" in their eggs, hatch … and then pulverize their nestmatesByNicoletta Lanese 26 October 2021Brood parasite babies wriggle in their eggs to build muscle, a study suggests.
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Siege of top-secret Area 51 began as a joke. Officials prepared to use deadly force in response.ByMindy Weisberger 19 October 2021UFO enthusiasts who rallied in 2019 to invade Area 51 may have been joking about "storming" the base. But law enforcement officials took the idea very, very seriously.
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Why did more than 90 rattlesnakes move into a California home?ByStephanie Pappas 18 October 2021More than 90 rattlesnakes were pulled from the foundation of a California home, where the snakes may have been gathering to give birth.
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Why is alcohol used to preserve things?ByDonavyn Coffey 05 September 2021Here"s how alcohol can help preserve DNA, tissue samples and even entire organisms.
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What happens when a baby takes its first breath?ByDonavyn Coffey 11 October 2021Fetuses don"t breathe oxygen in utero, so how do newly born babies figure it out?
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What is arachnophobia? ByJennifer Leman 01 October 2021Arachnophobia is a fear of arachnids, a group of arthropods that includes spiders, scorpions, ticks and mites.
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Will humans ever be immortal?ByPatrick Pester 29 September 2021Humans are getting better at staving off death our technological and medical advances. But could humans ever become immortal?
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What"s the world"s longest bridge?ByKatharine Gammon, Ailsa Harvey 27 October 2021ReferenceExplore the incredible engineering behind the longest bridges in the world
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China just test-fired a massive solid-fueled rocket ByAndrew Jones 25 October 2021China has test fired a huge new solid rocket motor, creating more propulsion options for the country’s growing space activities.
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What is CRISPR?ByAparna Vidyasagar, Nicoletta Lanese 21 October 2021CRISPR is a simple yet powerful tool for editing genomes. It allows researchers to easily alter DNA sequences and modify gene function.
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